Timeline of US History 1945-1995

Presidents and Terms

Truman

Carter

Eisenhower

1954 - 1961

Ford

1975 - 1977

George Busch Sr.

1990 - 1993

Johnson

1964 - 1969

Kennedy

1962 - 1963

Nixon

1970 - 1974

Reagan

1982 - 1989

Cold War

World War II ends

1945

Iron Curtain Speech by Churchill

1946

In a speech by Churchill, The Iron Curtain became known as the name for those countries in Europe on the side of the Soviet Union. This stood as a symbol for the dividing lines in the fear of communism.

US Institutes Containment Policy

1946

Marshall Plan Announced

1947

Truman Doctrine

1947

Berlin Airlift

1948

China Falls to Communism

1949

NATO Ratified

1949

Soviet Union tests Atomic bomb

1949

Korean war

1950 - 1953

McCarthyism

1950

Senator McCarthy started accusing people within the government of being communist. Practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, and treason without regard for evidence. Showing distrust in people and intensifying the fear of communism.